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Brendan Allen, UFC Vancouver ceremonial weigh-in. Credit: Jay Anderson/Cageside Press UFC Vancouver was a fun card with Canadian fighters winning 5-2 that night, 6-2 if you count Brendan Allen, who walked out with the Canadian flag because his mother is from the Great White North. In the main tournament, the aforementioned Allen broke the streaking […]
Vancouver – Flyweight Bruno Gustavo da Silva (or simply Bruno Silva, not to be confused with Bruno “Blindado” Silva) could have the inside track in Alexandre Pantoja vs. Joshua Van, recently confirmed for UFC 323 in December. After all, Silva (15-7-2, 1NC) lost to Van last June before returning with a submission of Hyun Sung […]
Vancouver – Perhaps surprisingly to many considering he took the fight on short notice in place of Anthony “Fluffy” Hernandez, Brendan Allen got the job done in the main event of UFC Vancouver, leaving Reinier de Ridder unable to continue after four rounds. Allen (26-7) suspected such an ending was in store, as De Ridder […]
Charles Jourdain, UFC Vancouver ceremonial weigh-in. Credit: Jay Anderson/Cageside Press The standard four bonuses were handed out after UFC Vancouver, and it was no surprise that the main event was not included. A lackluster four-round affair between Reinier de Ridder and Brendan Allen ended in a stoppage, especially when former ONE Championship doubles champion RDR […]
Zahabi (13-2) entered the fight riding an impressive six-fight win streak, with notable victories over Aoriqileng, Javid Basharat, Pedro Munhoz and former champion José Aldo. A win over Vera had the potential to propel the No. 9 bantamweight into the top five and put him firmly in the title conversation. Round 1 – Both men […]
Phil De Fries, KSW 84 weighing Credit: KSW With Francis Ngannou barely fighting anymore (especially not in MMA, with just one fight and one win since leaving the UFC), it’s hard to imagine a better heavyweight outside of the UFC right now than Phil De Fries. England’s Fries, a former UFC talent himself, went 2-3 […]
PFL Africa Semi-finals: Rwanda weigh-in Credit: PFL The Professional Fighters League launched PFL Africa earlier this year and the competition will now see the finalists fight their way to the end of the tournaments in four weight divisions this Saturday. PFL Africa: Rwanda sees semi-finals at bantamweight, featherweight, welterweight and heavyweight. While the fights on […]
Diego Lopes was introduced by UFC play-by-play man Brendan Fitzgerald as “fresh off one of the best fights of the year” during Friday’s UFC Vancouver Q&A, where the featherweight was one of three guests on hand to answer questions from fight fans. Despite the card coming from Canada, where Marc-Andre Barriault of Quebec and Mexican-Canadian […]
Roufusport head coach Scott Joffe announced the news in a post on the gym’s official Facebook page on Friday. “Today, the Roufusport family and the combat sports world were stunned by the heartbreaking news that Duke Roufus, the world-renowned top MMA coach, founder and namesake of the Roufusport MMA Academy, passed away peacefully in his […]
Vancouver – It’s been over a minute since we saw Chito Vera compete in the UFC. Vera (23-10-1) has not fought since losing to Deiveson Figueiredo in August 2024 in Abu Dhabi. Ahead of UFC Vancouver, where he returns against Aiemann Zahabi, Vera explained that he returned too early that night following his UFC 299 […]
